From practicing mindfulness to celebrating women in corporate law, here are a few things you’ve missed from ACC events.
Finding a new job is always important — but so is your exit from your current role.
Learn ten tips to negotiate large corporate contracts more effectively. In this short article, Lydia Montalbano, Group Legal Counsel, CRH Nederland B.V., discusses key strategies for effective negotiations, including in international situations where the negotiating parties are from different countries.
Your career journey is a series of inter-related activities that need to be practiced and exercised every day. Make sure that you love and learn the business, but live the law.
The most effective leaders live and lead with the following extraordinary leadership qualities and behaviors. Do You? As you read through the 10 C’s of great leadership, rate yourself and/or your leadership team on each quality using a scale of 1 – 5, where 1 is least like me or our team, and 5 is very much like me or our team. Identify your lowest-rated competencies, and take action to strengthen your areas for improvement.
Dualistic thinking can sometimes hinder in-house counsel from finding different or unique solutions. In this article, learn more about how to overcome those mental roadblocks.
In some form, we are all leaders. Whether we lead others or lead ourselves; whether it is in our work environment, our community or personal life, leadership goes beyond a job title. We can own this state of being, all the time. This article explains how we can take our leadership roles to new heights.
This paper highlights the value and importance of a direct reporting structure between the General Counsel (GC)/Chief Legal Officer (CLO) and the Chief Executive Officer (CEO), as well as direct access by the CLO to the Board of Directors (BOD). When a CLO can directly influence and shape corporate strategy and culture they are reflecting and reinforcing the values of their organisation.
This article explains how the role of the General Counsel (GC) is evolving and changing; securing more influence and responsibility within the corporate environment – even as the practice of law experiences profound disruption.
The ability to manage the professional development and well being of others in a high-pressure corporate environment is a skill that few would have learned at law school or during their years in commercial practice. This article discusses tips and strategies for engaging with your team and helping everyone succeed in high pressure environments.